Chicago 116, New Jersey 101

April 29, 1998

Opening Round - Chicago wins 3-0

Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: Chicago (0) New Jersey (0)

Technicals: Chicago (0) New Jersey (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
CHI (62-20) 35 26 32 23 116
NJN (43-39) 28 24 24 25 101

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
CHI 79 146.5 127.6
NJN 79 127.6 146.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
CHI .616 0.152 0.543 0.183
NJN .623 0.152 0.333 0.308

Chicago Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
9 Ron Harper Starter PG 23:00 5-6 2-2 0-0 9.0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 12
23 Michael Jordan Starter SG 44:00 16-22 2-2 4-5 26.1 2 2 4 3 2 2 1 2 38
7 Toni Kukoc Starter PF 27:00 6-10 1-2 0-0 9.2 2 1 3 3 2 1 0 2 13
33 Scottie Pippen Starter SF 44:00 2-12 0-1 9-10 13.5 2 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 13
91 Dennis Rodman Starter C 43:00 5-13 1-1 0-0 19.8 11 6 17 6 6 2 0 2 11
1 Randy Brown Bench PG 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 Jud Buechler Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Scott Burrell Bench SF 24:00 9-11 3-5 2-2 15.5 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 23
25 Steve Kerr Bench SG 23:00 2-5 0-3 0-0 1.2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
8 Dickey Simpkins Bench PF 02:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
34 Bill Wennington Bench C 04:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
  Team                                
        240 46-82 9-16 15-17 112.1 19 16 35 26 22 8 2 12 116
          56.1% 56.3% 88.2%                    

New Jersey Nets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
11 Sherman Douglas Starter PG 45:00 9-15 1-2 0-0 14.2 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 2 19
13 Kendall Gill Starter SF 25:00 8-13 0-0 1-2 5.0 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 2 17
30 Kerry Kittles Starter SG 44:00 5-8 2-5 4-4 14.2 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 16
44 Keith Van Horn Starter PF 32:00 5-9 0-0 8-11 5.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18
55 Jayson Williams Starter C 36:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 13.5 4 6 10 3 2 2 2 1 3
10 Sam Cassell Bench PG 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
11 Brian Evans Bench PF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Chris Gatling Bench PF 28:00 7-12 0-0 4-6 7.0 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 3 18
12 Lucious Harris Bench SG 15:00 2-3 0-1 0-0 3.2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 4
2 Rony Seikaly Bench C 09:00 1-1 0-0 2-3 1.4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
42 David Vaughn Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Team                                
        240 39-65 3-8 20-28 81.8 7 14 21 17 17 7 5 12 101
          60.0% 37.5% 71.4%                    

Chicago Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Ron Harper
9.3p, 3.5r, 2.9a		 Michael Jordan
28.7p, 5.8r, 3.5a		 Scottie Pippen
19.1p, 5.2r, 5.8a		 Toni Kukoc
13.3p, 4.4r, 4.2a		 Dennis Rodman
4.7p, 15r, 2.9a
Rotation  
 		 Steve Kerr
7.5p, 1.5r, 1.9a		 Scott Burrell
5.2p, 2.5r, 0.8a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Randy Brown
4.1p, 1.3r, 2.1a		  
 		 Jud Buechler
2.7p, 1r, 0.7a		 Dickey Simpkins
3.3p, 1.9r, 0.8a		 Bill Wennington
3.5p, 1.7r, 0.4a

New Jersey Nets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sherman Douglas
8p, 1.7r, 4a		 Kerry Kittles
17.2p, 4.7r, 2.3a		 Kendall Gill
13.4p, 4.8r, 2.5a		 Keith Van Horn
19.7p, 6.6r, 1.7a		 Jayson Williams
12.9p, 13.6r, 1a
Rotation  
 		 Lucious Harris
3.8p, 1r, 0.8a		  
 		 Chris Gatling
11.5p, 5.9r, 0.9a		  
 
Lim PT Sam Cassell
19.6p, 3r, 8a		  
 		  
 		 Brian Evans
4.5p, 1.9r, 0.8a		 Rony Seikaly
13.3p, 7r, 1.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 David Vaughn
4.1p, 3.8r, 0.5a		  
 

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